H.B. No. 1182
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to judicial statistics and other pertinent information
  gathered by the Texas Judicial Council and certain populous
  counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 71.035, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and
  (a-3) to read as follows:
         (a)  The council shall gather judicial statistics and other
  pertinent information, including for each trial court in this state
  monthly court activity statistics and case-level information on the
  amount and character of the business transacted by the court, from
  the several state judges and other court officials of this state.  
  The monthly information gathered by the council for each trial
  court in a county with a population of at least one million must
  include, but is not limited to:
               (1)  the number of cases assigned to the court;
               (2)  the case clearance rate for the court;
               (3)  the number of cases disposed by the court;
               (4)  the number of jury panels empaneled for the court;
               (5)  the number of orders of continuance for an
  attorney before the court or by the court;
               (6)  the number of pleas accepted by the court;
               (7)  the number of cases tried by the judge of the court
  or before a jury; and
               (8)  the number of cases tried before a visiting or
  associate judge of the court.
         (a-1)  The [In addition, the] council shall implement a
  monthly tracking system to ensure accountability for counties and
  courts which participate in the statewide integrated system for
  child support, medical support, and dental support enforcement
  established under Section 231.0011, Family Code.  As a duty of
  office, the district clerks and county clerks serving the affected
  courts shall report monthly such information as may be required by
  the council, including, at a minimum, the time required to enforce
  cases from date of delinquency, from date of filing, and from date
  of service until date of disposition. Such information as is
  necessary to complete the report and not directly within the
  control of the district or county clerk, such as date of
  delinquency, shall be provided to the clerk by the child support
  registry or by the enforcement agency providing Title IV-D
  enforcement services in the court.
         (a-2)  A [The] monthly report required by Subsection (a) or
  (a-1) must [shall] be transmitted to the Office of Court
  Administration of the Texas Judicial System no later than the 20th
  day of the month following the month reported, in the [such] form
  and manner [as may be] prescribed by the office [Office of Court
  Administration], which may include electronic data transfer.  The
  office shall publish the information for each court on the office's
  public Internet website in a searchable format.
         (a-3)  In a county with a population greater than one
  million, a court official for each court in the county shall submit
  to the appropriate county official for publication on the county's
  public Internet website a copy of each monthly report required
  under Subsections (a) and (a-1) within the time required by
  Subsection (a-2). The county shall publish the information for
  each court on the county's Internet website in a searchable format
  [Copies of such reports shall be maintained in the office of the
  appropriate district or county clerk for a period of at least two
  years and shall be available to the public for inspection and
  reproduction].
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Texas Judicial Council shall adopt any rules
  necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1182 was passed by the House on April
  27, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 16, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1182 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 127, Nays 15,
  3 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1182 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 23, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays
  3.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor